# Accident 20000621011159A: Cessna 150M, El Monte, CA, June 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0802° N, 118.0292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0802&lon=-118.0292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704QJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704QJ-2021-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,216 total, 120 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000621011159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) VFR INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS MAKING APPROACH TO EMT WHEN PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY. PILOT INFORMED TOWER THAT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT. A/C LANDED IN A CONSTRCUTION DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. NO INJURIES TO TWO OCCUPANRS. (.4) ON JUNE 21, 2000, ABOUT 1130 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N704QJ, LOST ENGINE POWER AND NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR THE EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE, OPERATED BY VALLEY FLIGHT CENTER UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE LOCAL AREA FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED FROM THE EL MONTE AIRPORT AT 1045.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA237), Jun 21, 2000: Cessna 150M (N704QJ), El Monte, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate maintenance inspection by other maintenance personnel of the exhaust system that resulted in an eroded muffler that allowed hot gases to impinge on magneto wiring and resulted in loss…

## Other reports on N704QJ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20191113021239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191113021239A), Nov 13, 2019: Cessna 150M (N704QJ), Red Rock, AZ, Substantial damage. Accident investigation N704QJ On November 13 at approximately 2230 MST N704QJ(s/n 15078787) a Cessna 150M departed glendale airport airport (geu) on a flight…
- [Accident 19951015047119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951015047119A), Oct 15, 1995: Cessna 150M (N704QJ), Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Lost power. Struck power lines and fence landing. Was circling to find airport. Fuel exhaustion. Not night licensed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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